Strange company: 1800 1 Kreutzer, a Merc, a Roosevelt

[Scrappy]

Well I went to a spot this evening I've been to a bunch. I pounded it with my CTX about 6X, with the 6" and 11" coil. Any who...

I searched a wicked iron infested area where I thought things were hiding and got a faint bouncy signal. I switched my settings around a bit and the signal solidified bit time (ground coin to ferrous coin for you CTX guys). Dropped down and out popped an 1800 Austrian coin. Not knowing the age and thinking it was 1900's I pocketed it and moved on...

Got a quick Roosie and a Merc and called it an evening.

When I got home I saw the coin, which I knew was Austrian right away, was wayyy older than I thought. Saw the date: 1800. Turned out to be a Austria 1800 A 1 Kreutzer coin. Had some green disease so I treated it and it's now cooling off in a nice mineral oil bath. Foreign coins (besides British) ain't my thing but anything 215 years old is cool in my book.

I love this hobby. One minute you're searching a 1900's site abutting to a very old colonial road, next thing you know you have an old thing in your hand.

Cheers guys

 

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[Vino]

Thats wild! Never seen one..
Really cool find Steve.
Keep plugging away.

 

[testing123]

now that's not something you see every day! How did you treat it?

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice thing about our hobby, SURPRISES!

Nice finds! Congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

Thats wild! Never seen one..
Really cool find Steve.
Keep plugging away.

Thx George. I'm very patriotic so I can only get so excited about foreign coinage. Unless it's an old English silver or a gold stater! Ahhh someday!

 

[JerseyDigger19]

Awesome Austrian coin! There should be a mintmark below the bust. These were struck at several mints through the Austro-Hungarian Empire including modern day Italy, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and even Transylvania. I like the Merc and Rosie too. I would have been happy with just the Rosie as I'm in an 8-hunt silver skunk slump. Went out last night and all I brought back was a 1936 Buffalo and this lousy t-shirt...

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Scrappyu I sure would like to hunt with you sometime. You're always pulling keepers

 

[Scrappy]

Awesome Austrian coin! There should be a mintmark below the bust. These were struck at several mints through the Austro-Hungarian Empire including modern day Italy, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and even Transylvania. I like the Merc and Rosie too. I would have been happy with just the Rosie as I'm in an 8-hunt silver skunk slump. Went out last night and all I brought back was a 1936 Buffalo and this lousy t-shirt...

Thanks for the info. I don't see a mintmark clearly but it may be a B or D. Maybe even an E.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Hi Scrappy , nice silver - trio there !!